Roses Late Goal Earns Yale A 1-1 Tie With Providence

Brad Rose. (photo by Sam Rubin '95, Yale Sports Publicity)

Oct 13, 2009

Travis Chulick Makes Six Saves For Bulldogs

PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Too many times this season it seems the
Yale men's soccer team has been on the wrong end of dramatic
finishes. So it was nice for the Bulldogs to have some late-game
heroics of their own on Tuesday afternoon at Providence. Brad Rose
scored with 3:32 left in the second half as Yale earned a
hard-fought 1-1 tie with the Friars on a breezy afternoon at Glay
Field.

"It was a very scrappy performance by our guys," said Yale head
coach Brian Tompkins. "We still have some tough Ivy road games
ahead of us, so this was good experience."

The Friars (5-5-2) grabbed the early lead when Matt Marcin
headed in Andrew Sousa's cross just 3 minutes, 26 seconds into the
game.

It looked like that might be the only goal of the game until
Rose struck late in the second half. His shot from 22 yards out was
deflected in front and went into the left corner of the net.

Rose nearly won the game two minutes later but his header
glanced high off the left post and out.

"Our guys showed great character to withstand a lot of pressure
from Providence in the first half and find their way back into the
game," Tompkins said. "I thought we got better and better as the
game went along. We worked hard to find an equalizer."

Goalkeeper Travis Chulick helped keep Yale in the game,
finishing with six saves. His best stop came midway through the
second half when he turned away a Daniel Fabian shot from
point-blank range.

The Bulldogs (3-5-3) outshot Providence 4-1 in the two 10-minute
overtime periods.

Yale returns to Ivy play on Saturday, hosting Cornell. Kickoff
at Reese Stadium is slated for 7 p.m.